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0:00I don't know, man.
0:02I don't [ __ ]
0:03know.
0:11>> On the morning of April 6th, 2023,
0:14San Antonio police were called to
0:16Capital Avenue, where 22-year-old Jade
0:18Alyssa Alvarez was found dead in the
0:20street. She had been discovered in the
0:221000 block, only hours after one witness
0:25said she was still alive and trying to
0:27meet with someone she knew.
0:29According to investigators, the night
0:31before, Jade used another person's phone
0:33to speak with Adam Byrd.
0:35That witness later told police Byrd
0:37asked for Jade to be dropped off near
0:39Capital Avenue and Fulton Avenue.
0:42By the next morning, that same area had
0:44become the center of a homicide
0:45investigation.
0:47But as detectives began tracing Jade's
0:49final movements, Adam Byrd was already
0:51connected to another case.
0:52Days earlier, police were investigating
0:54an aggravated robbery involving a
0:56handgun and two store employees.
0:59When Byrd came into custody on that
1:01separate case, homicide detectives saw
1:03an opportunity to ask the questions that
1:05now mattered most.
1:07What happened after Jade was dropped
1:08off?
1:09Why was she found on Capital Avenue? And
1:12what did Adam Byrd know about the final
1:13hours before her death? This is the
1:15interrogation of Adam Byrd.
1:19>> Who is
1:20Adam Byrd?
1:21Hello, gentlemen. Let us know if you
1:24I am Detective Luna.
1:27And uh before we get started, obviously,
1:29you know, you're not feeling good if
1:30you're in the back of so I have to read
1:31you read you your rights before I start
1:32to do it from the top, right?
1:36Okay, Adam.
1:39Before you're asked any questions, it's
1:40my duty as a police officer to advise
1:42you
1:43of your rights and warn you of the
1:44consequences of waiving these rights.
1:46You have the right to remain silent. You
1:48do not have to make any statement oral
1:49or written to anyone. Any statement that
1:52you make will be used in evidence
1:53against you in a court of law throughout
1:54your trial.
1:56You have a right to have a present to
1:57advise you before and during any
1:59questioning by police officers or
2:00attorneys representing the state. You
2:02may have your own lawyer present or if
2:04you're able to employ a lawyer, the
2:05court will appoint a lawyer for you free
2:07of charge now or at any other time.
2:09If you decide to talk with anyone, you
2:10can and you can stop talking to them at
2:12any time you want. The above rights are
2:14continuing rights which can be urged by
2:16you at any stage of the proceedings. Do
2:18you understand these rights?
2:21>> Yes.
2:21>> Yes.
2:22>> Okay.
2:23>> So, like if I wanted a a lawyer present,
2:26I got to have him present.
2:27>> Yeah, for sure.
2:28Oh, yeah.
2:29>> Is that one dispensable?
2:31>> No, I don't know.
2:32I don't know.
2:34>> Oh.
2:35>> Just let me get your first and last name
2:36real quick.
2:38>> Uh Ethridge.
2:39>> How do you spell that last name?
2:40>> B Y R D.
2:43>> Okay. And your birth name?
2:52How does that make you
2:53>> 23.
2:54>> 23, man. You're young, dude.
2:57People making me feel old now.
2:59All right. What's a good phone number
3:00for you?
3:03Mhm?
3:04>> Uh
3:06six.
3:08Uh
3:11nine.
3:13Yes.
3:14>> All right.
3:15Wait, no. No, it's
3:17uh
3:27>> I don't know. I just had it.
3:28>> It's all right. We don't have a call
3:29ourselves, right?
3:30>> Huh?
3:31>> We don't have a call ourselves.
3:32>> Yeah, it's
3:36Uh
3:39I think
3:4094 uh it's either
3:43Mhm. Yeah, it's
3:45993.
3:46>> Okay. That's fine. We can get back to
3:47that here in a minute. Not not a
3:48problem.
3:49>> I'm sorry. I'm still a little bit drunk
3:50from last night.
3:51>> Uh you're good. You're good.
3:53You need some more water?
3:55What address are you at now?
3:59>> I don't have one.
4:00>> You're
4:01>> homeless?
4:02>> Okay.
4:04I was really really just got done
4:06bunking with my godparents.
4:09at
4:13I
4:14You weren't on scene where you were
4:15whenever I got arrested.
4:16>> Mhm.
4:18No.
4:19Mhm.
4:19>> I had asked them to They would take my
4:20my duffel bag back to my godparents'
4:22house.
4:23>> I don't know if they did that or not. I
4:24wasn't out there. I would have arranged
4:26for that to happen, but I'm I'm not sure
4:27if that happened or not.
4:29After you left, just so I have it right,
4:30just in case it's still floating around
4:32and I can get it up.
4:37your
4:37>> house?
4:38>> house?
4:39Okay.
4:41You're just going to be taking down
4:42notes as I'm talking to you. How's about
4:43that?
4:44Um
4:46So, like I said, I'm an investigator,
4:47right? And my job I'm not
4:50>> What patrol?
4:51>> Just so you know, I'm looking.
4:52Yeah, I'm an investigator, so my job is
4:54to investigate crimes and things that go
4:56on.
4:57Um mine's kind of not really a big deal.
5:01I'm just going to talk to you about it.
5:03And we'll go from there. Um
5:05But before we get started, man, I just
5:09It's my job to find things out, right?
5:11And from what I see, just looking at
5:12you, you know, even though you're
5:14well-dressed and you present well,
5:16you're still going through a tough time.
5:18You know, you're
5:19You just told me that you're homeless.
5:21You just told me that you'd like to take
5:22all your belongings, your bag, to
5:24Ridgewood Court like as a favor. Like
5:26that's a big thing to you cuz
5:28are all the things you own in that
5:29little bag?
5:29>> Yeah.
5:30>> Like you all your worldly possessions?
5:32>> The only other
5:35articles of clothing I own.
5:38>> So, you're just a guy in a tough time
5:39right now, basically.
5:47So, this is my investigation that I have
5:49here and and it have um
5:52and it's about the the
5:54the little the theft over at on
5:56Fredericksburg.
5:58That that gas station on the corner.
6:02Yeah, so I'll talk about it a little bit
6:04more. Um
6:05>> I I saw that it was
6:07>> Okay.
6:08So,
6:10like I said, man,
6:11I think you're just a dude going through
6:13a hard time right now. And what I have
6:14here is this case
6:16and I don't think I have the same person
6:18in this case. What I'm trying to do is
6:19just give you the opportunity to talk
6:21about like your side cuz there's two
6:23sides to every story, right?
6:26And you're just that like I I'm giving
6:29you the opportunity. That's what I'm
6:30doing right now to tell me about like
6:31why you did certain things that you did,
6:34what you had going on and if and if
6:35you're basically sorry for everything
6:37that that went down.
6:38Okay?
6:39>> I really I'm sorry for any wrong that I
6:41have done, you know.
6:42>> Are you familiar with that corner store
6:44that that um the Stripes?
6:46>> Yes.
6:46>> Okay.
6:49So, do you go there often?
6:51>> Yes, I do.
6:52>> Okay.
6:54So,
6:56also before I go, like I said, it's my
6:57job to investigate. Let's just say right
7:00now, man, that nobody got hurt.
7:03That's a good thing.
7:05That's a positive thing on your side,
7:06man. Nobody got hurt. Everybody's still
7:08good to go.
7:10You know what I'm saying?
7:11That's a blessing, right?
7:13Have you boy still live breathing like
7:15you might be in a bad situation, but
7:16you're still alive.
7:17You're still here ready to go another
7:19day.
7:21Okay?
7:22So, how often do you go to that Stripes?
7:25>> Oh, man, multiple times twice sometimes.
7:27>> You just hang out there. A lot of people
7:28hang out there, right?
7:29>> I never just hang out there. I just I go
7:31there and
7:33and I
7:34buy a few things. Sometimes they'd even
7:36look out for me.
7:37>> They'd even look out and give you free
7:38stuff?
7:42So, why you come out, man? Why scare
7:44him?
7:57They had nothing They had a a lot of
7:58people know you out there in that area,
8:00you know?
8:02You know, before I get started, I just
8:04want to let you know also I have I have
8:05very clear video of everything, but like
8:07I said, I'm just giving you the
8:08opportunity
8:09to talk. I took some stills, some
8:11photographs of of the incident that
8:13occurred out there from the theft.
8:16But, I do have clear video. So, I'm just
8:19I'm just going to show it to you, okay?
8:29Is that the store?
8:32>> Yeah.
8:33>> And is that you?
8:35>> Yeah.
8:35>> Okay.
8:39Number one.
8:46It's number two.
8:50Remember I have it clear, your face is
8:52not covered.
8:56Is this you as well?
8:59>> Yeah.
9:01It was like right whenever I was walking
9:02in.
9:02>> Right as you were walking in, yeah.
9:08What happened that day, man?
9:11>> Wait, let me see.
9:16No.
9:18Those two totally different times, ain't
9:20it?
9:21>> Mhm.
9:23>> Yeah, cuz look.
9:27No.
9:31>> Like I said, I have clear video. I'm
9:32just showing you that I have this one
9:34and then I have that one. Your face
9:35isn't covered in that one, Okay, you're
9:37identified in both and both times, okay,
9:40by everybody there.
9:41You're already identified. I'm just
9:43offering you the opportunity to tell me
9:45how you felt, what was going through
9:47your mind.
9:48That's what I'm trying to do.
9:49>> Honestly, I don't even remember. Like
9:51right there, you could see by my face.
9:53That doesn't even look like me right
9:54now, man. Like
9:55>> But you As soon as you saw it, you did
9:58say that was you.
9:59>> Yeah, I know
9:59>> As soon as you saw it, like Yeah, I know
10:01that was me. I know that was me, but
10:02like
10:05It gives me your side of the story.
10:07Have you ever heard that saying,
10:08"There's two sides to every story?"
10:09>> Mhm.
10:10>> Well, here's your side. This is your
10:12opportunity
10:13to me to get your side of the story.
10:16>> Yeah, my nerves just
10:19I'm feeling kind of like
10:21>> It's a hard time, man.
10:22>> It's I had a minivan.
10:24I wrecked it.
10:26I just
10:32>> So, what happened after?
10:34>> What do you mean, "What happened?"
10:35>> After you walked in.
10:42>> Well, once I did beer run
10:46and once I raised the uh
10:49I just told him I needed everything.
10:53>> And what do you have with you? The
10:54knife?
10:58>> Believe it or not, it was a one of those
11:01fake Glocks, like the BB pistol ones.
11:06You know the ones that sound metal?
11:07>> Yeah.
11:12Uh no real bullets?
11:13>> No.
11:13>> It just Was it even loaded with the BBs?
11:15>> No. I didn't even have an air tank in
11:17it.
11:18>> You know air tank, no nothing?
11:19>> No.
11:19>> Okay.
11:22So, you just What What did you do? You
11:23just pointed at them and asked for for
11:25like, "Give me everything?"
11:26>> Yeah.
11:27>> How was that?
11:31How much money did you How much money
11:32did they give you?
11:33>> 100 something dollars.
11:35>> Not much?
11:43A few seconds after.
11:45So, this gun isn't real?
11:47>> No.
11:48>> Okay.
11:54And how much again did they give you?
11:57>> Honestly, bro, I don't even remember. It
11:59was like 100 something.
12:00>> Okay, that's fine. 100 something.
12:02Number three.
12:04Where does the tank go on this gun right
12:06here?
12:07>> In the bottom of the clip.
12:08>> On the On the bottom?
12:10>> Yeah.
12:10>> Okay.
12:12And where And it's not So, it's not a
12:13real gun?
12:14>> No.
12:15>> Okay. All right.
12:17No bullets, no nothing, not even Was it
12:18BBs, airsoft, plastic?
12:20>> Airsoft. The The The one with the air
12:22tank.
12:23>> Okay. With the air tank, you said, yeah?
12:24I I know some of the BBs have air tanks
12:26as well, right?
12:27>> Mhm.
12:27>> Okay.
12:28>> Like you you load the BBs in
12:30and then the air tank goes in a
12:31separate.
12:32>> Okay.
12:38What were you wearing on that arm, man?
12:40>> What?
12:41>> I see this I see it in the video. Is it
12:42like a a shirt?
12:44>> Yes.
12:45>> Okay.
12:46Just wrapped around your
12:47>> Yes.
12:48>> to cover your tattoo and whatnot.
12:49>> And obviously not very well. You could
12:51tell I was
12:54>> weird that you didn't cover your face.
12:56You It was totally exposed from this
12:57same angle that I have. That's why you
12:59were identified.
13:00>> Everybody knows you from around the ways
13:01out there, man. It was not hard
13:03>> to know who you were for that deal.
13:06Um So, you just pointed it at both of
13:08them and demanded that they give you all
13:09the money.
13:09>> Yeah.
13:10>> And just go from there. Okay.
13:12All right.
13:15>> That's all that was, man.
13:16>> That's all that was. Nobody got hurt.
13:18Right? You didn't You didn't fire off
13:20any rounds or anything like that.
13:21>> What do you mean fire off a round?
13:23>> No, no, like there was Like I'm telling
13:25you you didn't fire rounds, you didn't
13:26fire the BB gun, you didn't hurt nobody.
13:28>> No.
13:29>> Yeah, just took the money.
13:30And took off, okay.
13:34All right, man.
13:43They were still pretty scared out there,
13:44but
13:46I was able to talk them.
13:48They were They were all right after some
13:49time, you know what I'm saying?
13:51Like I said, you're very well known in
13:52that area.
13:54I mean, you're like the tallest dude out
13:55there, too, cuz there's a lot of short
13:56Mexicans
13:58out there.
14:00Did you go Did you go in here on foot,
14:02or the van was already crashed at the
14:03time?
14:04>> The van was already crashed.
14:06>> So, you're just walking in the slides,
14:07man? You're walking in the slides? Do
14:09you have any other shoes?
14:11Besides these?
14:15Where Where were you staying at after
14:17that?
14:18>> I was still homeless.
14:19>> You're still homeless?
14:21What What did the money get you? Were
14:22you Were you able to get a room or
14:23anything with it?
14:24>> No, I don't have an ID.
14:26>> You don't have an ID?
14:27Okay.
14:30All right, man.
14:36How are you doing now?
14:37Yeah. Do you feel a little bit more
14:39clarity?
14:39>> Yes.
14:40>> A little bit more better?
14:41>> Yes.
14:41>> You don't feel like the desperate guy in
14:43this You pointing that at them, and
14:45>> And I figured if I if cuz like
14:48nothing.
14:50I can do.
14:51>> It's up to you. You have the willpower.
14:54Good.
14:56I'm going to get another water for
14:57myself.
14:58We'll be right back. Do you need another
14:59water, man?
15:00>> No, thank you.
15:00>> Are you good on everything?
15:02>> Yes.
15:02>> All right, we'll be back with you in a
15:03little bit, Adam.
15:10Hey, Adam, you forgot your papers.
15:13They can stay there, it's fine. You know
15:14what? I'll take them. But, we're going
15:16to be back, so
15:23>> Why
15:24is there no I could just go to jail?
15:27You give me a little bit more time,
15:28right?
15:48>> Oh, you all right, Adam?
15:50>> Yeah.
15:50>> All right, man. You just You just
15:51chilling?
15:52>> Yeah.
15:53>> All right, man. Do you mind sitting back
15:54in the chair?
15:54>> Mhm.
15:56>> Thanks, man.
15:59Hey, Adam. So, I got one more picture to
16:01show you.
16:02>> Mhm.
16:02>> If that's all right with you.
16:04Uh but before I do, I know you had
16:05mentioned like, you know, you wanted
16:07your public attorney and all that. I
16:08just want to make sure it's okay for me
16:10to show you this picture if you want to
16:12see it.
16:13>> Well, I'm fine.
16:14>> You're fine?
16:16Okay.
16:17You don't need to see it?
16:18>> I'm sorry.
16:19>> It's just another picture.
16:19>> No, so the other thing is I'm going to
16:22object to that one.
16:25I want to speak with you,
16:27but it's about something totally
16:29unrelated to this.
16:31Um and I know he read your rights.
16:34You started mentioning attorney. Um but
16:37I want to speak with you and make sure
16:39you're willing to speak with me or
16:41wanting to speak with me about something
16:43that is unrelated to this.
16:46It's a few days after this.
16:50Oh, I'm fine.
16:51I'm fine.
16:53I'm sliding out here. I'm sliding out.
16:54>> Okay.
16:55>> No problem.
16:58So, it doesn't have anything to do with
17:00the robberies?
17:01>> The what I want to talk to you about is
17:03unrelated to this this what he's
17:06investigating.
17:07I want to speak with you about
17:10another investigation.
17:12And if you're willing to talk with me,
17:15I can explain more.
17:21Are you willing to talk with me?
17:24>> I don't I just want to go to jail, man.
17:26I don't
17:27>> Well, you're going to you're going to go
17:28to you have an arrest warrant associated
17:30with this.
17:31Um I don't have an arrest warrant for
17:33you, but I'm wanting to talk to you
17:34about another case.
17:36>> Well, I'm really not
17:37>> It's a it's a it's a it's a murder
17:39investigation.
17:41Do I have your interest or are you
17:43willing to talk to me or not?
17:44>> Well, I'm not really
17:47By all means
17:48>> Okay.
17:50So, get to get this to get this
17:52straight, you want to talk and
17:55to me about a murder investigation.
17:59I I'm wanting to talk to you, okay?
18:07Are you okay?
18:08I know this isn't this isn't normal to
18:10to have someone come out and tell you
18:11that, okay? But, I'm wanting to speak
18:14with you and explain to you
18:16about a murder, okay?
18:21>> A murder?
18:22>> Yes.
18:25Are you We've read you your rights. Are
18:27you willing to talk to me?
18:38Lis- listen. I'm going to
18:40I'm going to read you your rights, okay?
18:42Just a second time. And you can say yes
18:44or no, okay?
18:46But, just listen listen to me. Take a
18:48deep breath.
18:49This has nothing to do
18:51what he's talking with you about I have
18:54no interest about.
18:56I'm just wanting to talk with you, okay?
18:58But, I'm going to read you your rights
18:59first. Just hear me out, okay?
19:02Okay.
19:02Before you ask any questions, my duty as
19:04a police officer is to advise you of
19:05your rights and warning the consequence
19:06of waiving these rights. You have the
19:07right to remain silent. You do not have
19:09to make any statement oral or written in
19:12Any statement that you make will be used
19:13in evidence against you in a court of
19:14law or at trial. You have a right to
19:16have a lawyer present to advise you
19:17before and during any questions by
19:18police officers or attorneys
19:19representing the state. You may have
19:21your own lawyer present or if you're
19:22unable to employ a lawyer, the court
19:23will appoint a lawyer for you free of
19:25charge now or any other time. If you
19:27decide to talk with anyone, you can and
19:29you can stop talking to them anytime you
19:30want. The above rights are continuing
19:32rights which can be urged by you at any
19:34stage of the proceedings. Do you
19:36understand these rights?
19:41Do you understand these rights?
19:43>> Both.
19:45I understand both.
19:46>> Okay. Can we Can I talk to you about
19:48what I want to talk about?
19:50Do you understand your rights?
19:51>> Is it about iCone?
19:54>> Who's iCone?
19:56I don't know who iCone is.
20:01I was going to show you a photo
20:04and go from there and start working.
20:09>> The
20:10I don't I don't I don't want to see no
20:11photos.
20:12>> It's not murder photos. I'm just going
20:13to show you a picture.
20:23Do you recognize this person?
20:26>> No.
20:27>> You've never seen her?
20:29>> No.
20:32>> Have you ever stayed on
20:34at her house?
20:38>> No.
20:40>> Never?
20:41She stays on like
20:43Hollywood, West Hollywood.
20:45She's not She's not She's not dead,
20:48okay?
20:50You've never stayed at her house?
20:54What about this girl?
21:00She had some butterflies or something
21:02right there and I just started talking
21:04with her.
21:05Okay. Who Who is that person?
21:09>> Uh
21:12Jade.
21:13>> Okay.
21:14>> Yeah, I just started talking with her.
21:15They're friends, right?
21:17They're friends?
21:18>> Mhm.
21:19>> Yeah, I just started talking with her.
21:21>> Okay.
21:22>> But it's like Jade was always mad cuz I
21:24kept on taking off on her and leaving
21:26her with
21:27>> Okay, this one.
21:29>> Yeah, taking off on her. Yeah, I I I
21:31just kept
21:31>> How long did you I guess how long did
21:33you know her?
21:35>> Uh not long.
21:37>> Okay.
21:40Did you guys Were you Is it safe to say
21:42you guys were like sexually intimate or
21:45like
21:47>> Yeah.
21:47>> Okay. Was she homeless?
21:50>> Yeah.
21:51>> Where
21:52Where Did you ever So did you stay Did
21:55you end up ever staying with her then
21:57and her at this house? Never? Have you
21:59ever been to this girl's house?
22:03>> Uh
22:09You know what? Yeah, I think that Yeah.
22:11>> Okay.
22:13And I'm just going to I'm going to show
22:15you I'm going to show you like a video
22:16from It's from February.
22:18>> From February?
22:19>> Mhm.
22:25I just want you to see this, okay?
22:29So this This is the last time that this
22:33this girl's ever on police body cam,
22:35okay? I just want you to hear some of
22:38the things she's saying, okay?
22:40>> This is
22:41>> Ma'am, so who's house is this?
22:42>> This is my friend's.
22:44>> Okay, so you don't
22:45>> I live with my friend.
22:46>> You don't like live here or something.
22:48You just had to come here because
22:49>> Just as a
22:50Like I just thought out of just she was
22:52like you needed to stay here. I said I
22:53don't know where I'm going.
22:55I have to sleep at anyone for home. Cuz
22:56you're not going to sleep at anyone for
22:58home. Like you're crazy. Like you're my
22:59best friend. You can stay here.
23:01Even if it's on the floor or with your
23:03rent kid.
23:03>> It feels like your life has been like
23:05turned upside down since Friday.
23:06>> And like my whole life turned upside
23:08down. Oh my god. And like so now I'm
23:10supposed to say get the [ __ ] out of my
23:11life. But I don't know. I think what it
23:13did to my heart. How long he had it. He
23:16was all the time
23:17frustrated.
23:18Just got locked up. I thought I was
23:20going to do crime, but thank god I
23:22didn't. So I'm just thanking god, you
23:24know, I love life right now
23:25that I'm out, you know?
23:28>> You hear that? She loves life.
23:31She's got a kid. Listen. Listen. Look at
23:33Look at me.
23:34>> Where is my baby?
23:36>> Listen to me. There's no baby. She's
23:38dead. Look at me.
23:40>> Where is she?
23:40>> That's the last time this girl is
23:42>> That's my baby.
23:43>> Who?
23:45>> My baby. Where is
23:46>> Jade?
23:47>> Where is she at?
23:49>> Look at me.
23:50>> Look at me.
23:51>> No. I told you what I'm here for.
23:55>> Where is she?
23:56>> She's dead.
23:58Okay? And I need to know what happened
24:00to her.
24:06>> How long ago?
24:11How long ago?
24:12>> Recent.
24:14Real recent.
24:21Look, I can I can tell you are a bad
24:25guy.
24:27I sat in here. You are going through all
24:29kinds of [ __ ] that I don't even know.
24:32I I've never been in your shoes, okay?
24:36But I need you to talk to me about what
24:40you know about her.
24:42>> Whenever I first met her, she said all
24:45men that that people were always mad at
24:47her saying that she's a set up chick.
24:49>> Uh-huh.
24:50>> [ __ ] like that. Like that she's a set up
24:53chick.
24:53>> What's that mean?
24:54>> Like a chick that sets people up.
24:56>> Like she'll she'll pull like No, like
24:59like some people like like rob them?
25:01>> Yeah.
25:01>> Okay.
25:02>> And honestly, that's why I was always so
25:04quick to be able to leave.
25:05>> Mhm.
25:06>> I always just left. I always just left,
25:08you know, just in case cuz I didn't want
25:09to I didn't I didn't want that to happen
25:11to me. Like I thought she was cool. I
25:12thought she was real cool, you know?
25:14>> Mhm.
25:15>> So I always just left. I always just
25:17left.
25:19Real quick and like there's messages.
25:22>> Mhm. What were these messages?
25:24>> Like she was always mad at me for
25:26leaving her.
25:28>> So you guys kind of met
25:31when?
25:33February, March?
25:35>> I don't know.
25:36>> How did you know how you met her? Well,
25:38on Instagram?
25:40>> She told me she didn't even have a
25:40Facebook.
25:41>> How did you meet her? On the streets?
25:43>> Yeah.
25:44>> Okay. And then I guess that at some
25:46point y'all hung out at least hung out
25:48to at that house where she was Officers
25:51were there talking with her in February
25:52because people thought she was I know.
25:57So that's why I have that that body cam
25:58footage of her talking and talking about
26:01loving life and
26:03wanting to be there for her kids.
26:07Do you remember the last time you spoke
26:08with her?
26:10>> No.
26:12>> Did did when officers arrested you
26:14tonight, did you have a phone?
26:17>> Today?
26:17>> Mhm.
26:17>> Yeah.
26:18>> How long have you had that phone?
26:20>> Um not long.
26:24>> When would you say?
26:25>> A couple days ago because like
26:28I lost my other one.
26:29>> You lost it? What happened to it?
26:31>> I don't know. Along with my wallet.
26:33>> You lost that and your wallet?
26:34>> Yeah. My mom's telling me that it's been
26:36like a week since I've called her.
26:38>> What?
26:39The the phone that you have
26:42You know, like so I have like this is an
26:44iPhone, right?
26:45I eat
26:47like they get a new model, I usually go
26:49get another iPhone. The phone that you
26:51have
26:52the phone that you lost, is it the same
26:54make and model?
26:55>> Yeah.
26:56>> It's the same make and model.
26:58>> Yeah.
26:58>> It's a Nokia.
27:00>> Mhm.
27:00>> What phone number, I guess, if you
27:03interacted with her, with Jade,
27:06what number would you be interacting
27:09with? What phone number would you have?
27:14>> I couldn't even remember my phone number
27:16that I
27:17You know?
27:17>> Okay.
27:20But you got this new phone just a couple
27:22days ago?
27:23>> Yeah, cuz for for job opportunities to
27:26call my mom, my mom was saying it's been
27:27over a week since I've called her. Last
27:30time I had a phone, I called my mom
27:31every day.
27:32>> Okay. Where she stay?
27:34>> In Virginia.
27:35>> Virginia. Do you have family here?
27:37You said something about Rid- the
27:39Ridgewood. That's grandma? I know that
27:42I'm hitting you with a lot, man, and and
27:48So,
27:50I want you to just take a second to just
27:52try to
27:55you know, process what I'm saying.
27:58Um
28:00the last time you said you spoke with
28:02her, when did you say it was?
28:04>> I don't know, man.
28:06>> You don't know?
28:09Do you remember the last time you saw
28:10her?
28:15>> No.
28:16It was like
28:18she was supposed to put up to
28:21to uh um
28:24this one dude's house that we would
28:26always chill at and he like my last
28:28girlfriend, we would always go there and
28:31like chill in the back house.
28:33>> Okay. What's that like what what area
28:35are we talking?
28:39>> Uh right there on Beacon Hill.
28:42>> Beacon Hill?
28:43>> Yeah.
28:43>> Okay.
28:44>> But then I I up just leaving.
28:47Just leaving, you know.
28:49>> But but when was the last time you saw
28:52her?
28:55>> Um
29:12I seen her like every day or the other
29:13day.
29:15>> Where Where was she staying if if she
29:17wasn't with you?
29:20>> I don't know.
29:22I always just leave her.
29:23>> Okay.
29:24>> And I'm pretty sure she's staying at her
29:25friend's house.
29:26>> The The
29:27Her name's Julia. Is Is that the one
29:29you're you're thinking?
29:30>> Yeah, I think so.
29:34>> I want to show you one more video.
29:36>> Man, please. I don't want
29:37>> It's not It's I'm not showing you
29:38anything gruesome, but I I It's a video
29:40that I want to show you, okay?
29:48Do you remember her once?
29:51>> Um
29:521210
29:53>> No.
29:54>> Who's
29:55>> No. You never seen her?
29:56>> No.
29:59>> 911
30:005327
30:05Hello Alice, this is Jade. I'm truly
30:07sorry for what I have done to disrupt
30:09the peace in your home. I truly mean
30:11that from the bottom of my heart. I'm
30:13very sorry. I just want you to know if
30:16you give me a second chance, it will
30:17never happen again. You have my word. I
30:20also have the rent money when it's due
30:22if you allow me the second chance.
30:24Please, I'm begging you.
30:26>> Just listen to what she said, okay?
30:28>> Okay. I'll let you put Okay, I'll get my
30:31things and move around.
30:33I'm very sorry making you feel this way.
30:35You You did I didn't mean to. I just
30:38thought since Julia had her BF BFF
30:41boyfriend over that I could too and was
30:44her boyfriend's cousin.
30:47And all we did was smoke.
30:49But I'm completely understanding that
30:51your house, your rules. I am truly sorry
30:53for stepping over boundaries. I just
30:55wanted to say thank you for taking care
30:57of me for the
30:58>> So she's texting that lady after her she
31:00basically got kicked out of the house,
31:02okay?
31:03You all right?
31:05Have
31:06Have you ever seen this guy?
31:15No.
31:16Never?
31:18This guy?
31:23You've never seen him?
31:30Cuz this is
31:32This is who she was kind of seeing,
31:35Julia, okay?
31:39That's who she was seeing.
31:41Matt
31:43Matt Solomon. Does that name ring a
31:44bell?
31:49You've never seen that guy?
32:01I've never seen him.
32:03>> I've never seen him.
32:04>> Okay. Why Why are you
32:07Who is that little old boy? I know.
32:10How about this? How about What questions
32:12do you have for me?
32:20I feel like your mind's racing a mile a
32:21minute.
32:23All I'm trying to figure out is what
32:25happened to Jade.
32:28>> I don't know why I'd always leave.
32:30>> You'd always leave?
32:31>> Yeah.
32:32>> When did you see her last?
32:35Do you know what day it is right now?
32:37>> No.
32:38>> I don't.
32:40>> It's the 12th.
32:49So, tomorrow
32:51is the 13th. Tomorrow's 1 week.
32:541 week look at me.
32:561 week
32:58since we found Jade.
33:02She was killed
33:04Thursday, April 6th.
33:35I don't know. I'm not uh
33:43I'm not I
33:44We're meeting each other by not by
33:46chance, okay?
33:50So, she's describing that
33:55she kicked Jade out of that house on
33:56Hollywood
33:59because you were there hanging out with
34:01her with Jade.
34:03Jade said
34:05she was sorry. She thought it was okay
34:07to have you over
34:09because Julia had
34:11Matt Matt Salinas over. How How do you
34:14know Matt?
34:18>> I don't.
34:19>> Just through the streets or does he sell
34:22bars? Does he No.
34:24How did you
34:26Cuz she said that you
34:27you guys like referred to each other as
34:29as cousins.
34:31>> I did it.
34:32I did it.
34:34You did what?
34:37Look at me.
34:40What did you do? I did it.
34:43What did you do?
34:46Look Look at me.
34:49This is This is This is it. Talk to me.
34:52>> With that same gun that you see me in
34:53the photo with the robbery.
34:55>> Okay.
34:56>> That's the gun that killed Jade. I did
34:57it.
34:58>> Why?
34:59Look at me, dude.
35:01>> Can I go to jail now?
35:02>> Listen.
35:03Please Let's keep talking. We need
35:04>> No. No.
35:06>> Look at me. Jade's Jade's family
35:08deserves it.
35:09>> No.
35:10>> And And you were going to No. And you
35:12are going to It's going to eat you
35:13alive. You need to talk to me why this
35:16happened.
35:19You didn't just lose your phone. You
35:20know what happened? You left your phone.
35:23It dropped. It's at the scene.
35:29Why did it happen? Did she try to pull
35:32something on you?
35:34What happened? You know this.
35:36>> me up.
35:37>> You know this. Look at me.
35:40You know what happened. And you're
35:43>> She tried to set me up, man, because
35:45look
35:45>> What did she do?
35:47I know that Jade wasn't sane. I know
35:50that she was setting people up. What did
35:52she do?
35:56I know.
35:58Dude, look at me, dude. You've come so
36:00far.
36:01>> I'm old, man.
36:02>> It's eating you up. And it's going to
36:05It's going to feel better.
36:07Your life is not over. How old are you?
36:09>> 23.
36:12>> You're 23. You're life You have a life.
36:17But you can't live this life holding on
36:19to what you know.
36:24What What happened out there?
36:34I know that she called you.
36:36>> No, it was
36:37>> They He called you
36:38>> Look look look look look look.
36:40Matthew and and and and and
36:44and
36:46them they they don't have nothing to do
36:47with nothing.
36:48>> Okay.
36:49Okay. I know that I think Jade called
36:53you or you called her on Julia's phone.
36:59Julia heard you say
37:02"Hey, can Julia take you to this
37:05location?" Where did she drop her off
37:08and where did you guys meet?
37:15You're all right, man. You want some
37:16more water?
37:17>> No, I want to go to jail already,
37:19please.
37:21>> I know you want to go to jail.
37:24>> I want to get this talk about done.
37:29Please.
37:30>> I'm going to take a break. I'm going to
37:31let you soak this in, okay?
37:33>> Yes, Julia and Matt have nothing to do
37:35with anything.
37:36>> What happened?
37:40You You just said the gun used in that
37:42robbery
37:43>> Yeah.
37:44>> was the gun used to kill her.
37:46>> Yeah.
37:46>> But what happened? What did she do?
37:49You have the answer. I wasn't there.
37:52You know what happened.
37:56>> Let's not talk to me, man. I don't want
37:57TO TALK ABOUT NOTHING.
38:00I'M TIRED.
38:10I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT Matthew
38:12and and and and
38:15Julia
38:16They don't have nothing to do with
38:17nothing. They
38:21>> Where's the gun?
38:31>> I don't know.
38:32I threw it away.
38:33>> Which way?
38:35Where did this happen?
38:39Where did this happen?
38:42>> On Ridge Road.
38:46>> Can you describe the area?
38:48>> On Ridge Road, right on the corner
38:51of my grandparents' house.
38:54Not the creek.
38:59>> Do you remember what
39:00Jade had with her?
39:07>> No.
39:08>> Was there a fight?
39:12>> I don't know. I don't
39:14>> You do know.
39:16There's so many unanswered questions
39:18right now.
39:19Her shirt was ripped.
39:21Her arms were scratched.
39:30But you do know.
40:15It was um
40:26She really tried to set me up.
40:28>> All right. I don't you I I don't know
40:30what that means.
40:48>> I was to go back home. I was supposed to
40:50move over.
40:52>> You what?
41:09So
41:10she wanted me to go looking for bars.
41:13Okay.
41:14Mhm.
41:21>> I was supposed to just take off. I
41:23wanted to just take off.
41:25>> Yeah. Like what do you What do you mean?
41:27Like not go or
41:29>> Just leave.
41:30>> Okay.
41:30>> And go looking for them.
41:32>> To go look for the bars.
41:33>> Yeah.
41:33>> Okay.
41:38>> I don't know where the gun is.
41:39>> Okay.
41:40>> But
41:42I think that
41:44I was supposed to leave her at that that
41:46one house.
41:49Something like that.
41:50But I left her with the thing.
41:52Something like that. If anything
41:55should be all right.
41:56>> I don't know what that What you just
41:58said it it wasn't even a
42:00I don't know what you just said.
42:03You said she she wanted you to go get
42:05bars.
42:05>> Yeah.
42:07>> Did you get them?
42:09>> No.
42:10>> Did you meet her?
42:11>> No.
42:13>> At what point did this all happen?
42:16>> On my phone, man.
42:18>> Well, how do you know you did it?
42:21I mean
42:23You're just saying the gun that was in
42:24the robbery, I I did it.
42:26>> Yeah.
42:27>> But you're not telling me anything, man.
42:29>> it's hot, man.
42:30>> Think
42:31>> You Can you take it off?
42:32>> No.
42:35>> If
42:36If I can get them to
42:38You just
42:38>> I'll be all right.
42:39>> You You want me to make you more
42:40comfortable?
42:41>> Is there like a different shirt I could
42:43use?
42:44>> I mean, I'm hot, too, but
42:47I really want to know, man.
43:03I know she spoke with you on the phone.
43:05And she got dropped off at a location
43:08because you named the location.
43:14What was the location?
43:20Do you want me to get you water?
43:24What location did you tell her
43:26to meet you at?
43:30>> 1000 Capital.
43:32>> Okay.
43:34Why there? What's there?
43:37>> Across the street is the tree guy.
43:40>> That park?
43:41>> No, the the cross from the park. The
43:43tree guy.
43:44>> The tree guy? Okay.
43:46And then, do you remember what time you
43:49got there?
43:49>> No.
43:50>> Was she already there?
43:54>> I think I was there working all day.
43:57And then she ended up just pulling up.
44:00>> Do you remember the car she was in?
44:02>> No.
44:02>> No.
44:03What did she have with her?
44:07>> Like a suitcase.
44:08>> Okay.
44:09>> Yeah. That's what
44:10>> Okay.
44:14The the house that you're talking about
44:16>> Yeah.
44:19>> if I can pull it up
44:22>> It's an ugly ass house.
44:23>> Yeah, there's a couple ugly ass houses
44:25over there, but I just want to know
44:27which one you're
44:28kind of which one you're kind of
44:29referring to. You know the train tracks
44:31back there?
44:33>> No.
44:34>> Well, that little park, right?
44:37So
44:44That was that you know that big park.
44:46Which house do you live around? Which
44:50Okay. Do you know So, who lives there?
44:56>> I don't know.
44:57>> Is it
44:58>> tree guy.
44:59>> It's just a tree guy?
45:01And you
45:02Were you working there?
45:03>> Yeah.
45:04Yeah.
45:04>> Like work for that guy?
45:06>> Yeah, like we were sending down some
45:08some big ass water tank and I left it
45:10there.
45:11>> A water tank?
45:12>> Yeah.
45:12>> Has the water tank in the I guess in the
45:14driveway?
45:15>> Yeah, and I left it there.
45:17>> Okay. When she pulled up, what happened?
45:20Do you like what happened?
46:00All right.
46:01You told her to meet you in the thousand
46:03block of capital.
46:05You remember she had suitcase.
46:10>> Yes.
46:12>> Was she running her mouth? Was she
46:18>> She what? She kept on wanting to put me
46:20to punch her in the stomach.
46:22>> Is she pregnant?
46:23>> She said she was.
46:25>> But
46:26Okay. Did Did you think it was yours?
46:28>> Yeah, like I didn't pull out.
46:30>> Like I had sex. So she said punch me in
46:33the stomach.
46:33>> And I didn't want to.
46:34>> Right. All right. Okay. And then what?
46:40>> I just took off.
46:43>> That's not what happened.
46:51Where did you take off after this?
46:54>> Wandering.
46:55>> Which direction did you go?
46:59That's the house.
47:01Did you go this way or did you go
47:03towards
47:04>> Blanco.
47:06>> You went towards Blanco, but which way
47:08did you go on Capital?
47:11Huh? Which street did you go down?
47:20>> Down Gramercy.
47:22>> You went down Gramercy?
47:23>> So you go to Blanco.
47:26>> Do you remember
47:30besides her saying hit me in the
47:31stomach,
47:33what what what got you to the point
47:38to pull pull a gun on her?
47:46>> I mean,
47:47she just didn't want to have my baby,
47:49man. And it was just like a crime of
47:51passion or something.
47:52Like she didn't She didn't
47:55It was like she wasn't trying to have my
47:56baby.
47:57>> You wanted to have a kid. You wanted to
47:59have
47:59>> have any children now.
48:00>> Okay. You wanted to have a kid with her?
48:03And she
48:04>> She just kept on telling me to punch her
48:05in the stomach. She just kept on
48:06drinking and taking drugs.
48:13>> Do you remember how many times you shot
48:15her?
48:16>> No.
48:19>> How do you know
48:20How do you know you killed her?
48:24You You know these details.
48:33And I'm just asking you
48:36to tell me
48:45Okay.
48:46You're right there.
48:50It's not your fault
48:51that she didn't want to have You wanted
48:54a family. She didn't.
48:56But you have to explain what happened.
49:00>> So I was walking past her
49:03and
49:04I go like this.
49:05>> Uh-huh.
49:06>> It just pulls
49:08like
49:09instantaneously like that.
49:10>> Uh-huh.
49:11>> And then it jams up. I take it out. I
49:14put it back in and go like that and then
49:17uh it shoots again and jams up again in
49:19my pocket. In the hoodie pocket.
49:22And then I I come back
49:24and
49:25I have to run back cuz I didn't know if
49:27she was dead or not. I didn't want her
49:28to suffer.
49:29>> Okay.
49:31Okay.
49:33You ran back.
49:34>> And and so for sure there's three.
49:37>> Okay. What When you said you ran back
49:40and you didn't want her to suffer, what
49:41did you do?
49:42>> Shot her in the head.
49:44>> Where in the head?
49:46>> Somewhere around right here.
49:54>> Is that enough detail?
49:57So, you're walking past her and the gun
50:00goes off.
50:02>> Well, you know, I fired it.
50:04>> So, what did Do you remember what she
50:06did?
50:09>> No.
50:10I wasn't looking
50:12>> I don't remember.
50:14>> You said but you
50:16See what I'm saying? You keep giving
50:18details and I appreciate it, but And I'M
50:20TRYING MY BEST, ADAM.
50:22Look at me.
50:23>> She didn't want to have my kid, man.
50:26>> But you're giving you keep giving more
50:27details, okay?
50:43Do you
50:44Do you think she was pregnant or was
50:47or was the whole thing like no, she's
50:49not?
50:50>> I was really hoping she was.
50:52>> Okay. So, that's what this argument
50:54started from.
50:56>> I was really hoping she was.
50:59She told me she was and that she didn't
51:02want to have it.
51:03>> She told you she was and that she didn't
51:05want to have it, that she didn't want to
51:06bring another kid into this world. Can I
51:08ask you where you guys are having this
51:10Are you having the conversation on
51:12Capital, at the park? Where are you guys
51:14having this convo?
51:15>> She was telling me over the phone for a
51:16while, but then like we were talking
51:18about it over at Capital.
51:20>> Was she talking on the phone on the way
51:22out there, too?
51:23>> No.
51:24>> When was she talking to you on the phone
51:25about this?
51:26>> Like while we were not together.
51:27>> Okay.
51:29>> She didn't want to have my baby that
51:32I've never had any children. I've been
51:34wanting children forever.
51:36>> You.
51:37Okay.
51:39And so, what you guys are at the park?
51:41Do you know how long possibly you were
51:42at the park
51:45that this convo is going on?
51:47And then how does she end up where she
51:50ends up?
51:52Let me just leave it up as it is and we
51:54just like stop.
51:58So I'm me thinking I'm like man she's
51:59just going to keep drinking whatever
52:03You know I I don't have girlfriends that
52:04have miscarriages off of just drinking.
52:07Okay.
52:17Is that enough?
52:19So you guys leave the park and you start
52:21walking away from the park. Yeah.
52:23We crossed the street to your guy's
52:25house. Okay.
52:28And
52:32What happened with her
52:35sleeve? I don't know.
52:37I really don't know what that
52:39I guess she got hurt or something.
52:41When you did you ever hear her scream?
52:45Or did she ever try to run away? No.
52:48Neither.
52:50I I like it's a no to to either of
52:53those.
52:54Like no I didn't hear her scream. No I
52:55don't think she was trying to I want to
52:57go back to you talking about
52:59manipulating the gun.
53:02Because you kind of you remember to me
53:03the details. When you shot her
53:06was it legs, torso? The first one.
53:11What? The first time she you shot her
53:15where was she shot?
53:18Well like it was in in my pocket like
53:20this. I was trying to aim up towards
53:22like the heart. Was she facing you? No I
53:25was
53:26Show me where Can you show me where she
53:27was? I don't I don't remember where she
53:29was exactly. I just remember like I was
53:31going to be walking right past her or
53:32something. Like I don't remember where
53:33she was facing.
53:35But like I was walking past her and it
53:37was just like
53:40I tried to aim for up and okay, let's
53:43>> And then you said something about the
53:45gun you had the
53:47>> Yeah, because it was in the in the
53:48hoodie pocket.
53:50>> Okay, you had on a hoodie?
53:52What else were you wearing?
53:53>> I don't remember.
53:55>> But the gun went off once and then did
53:58you have did it did it jam did it
54:00>> Yeah.
54:00>> So did you have how do you
54:02>> That's what I'm talking about.
54:04>> Okay, and then it functioned again?
54:07>> Mhm.
54:07>> Where did you did you shoot a second you
54:09said three.
54:10>> Yeah.
54:10>> Where was the second one?
54:12>> I guess in the same area and then I go
54:14back and
54:15>> Did she she fall?
54:16>> Yeah.
54:17>> Was she saying anything?
54:19>> No.
54:21>> And then
54:23you go back cuz you said she you didn't
54:25want her to suffer.
54:26>> Yeah.
54:27>> And you shot her?
54:28>> Yes.
54:29>> Where?
54:30>> In the
54:31>> Where?
54:34>> Well, like in the face.
54:36>> Okay.
54:38After that were you running or walking?
54:43>> I don't remember man. Like I was just
54:51Is that enough?
54:55>> I mean you you
54:57You've been you've been really honest
55:00and I really appreciate it.
55:02>> Look man, I just
55:03She didn't want to hurt my baby man.
55:07>> Has this been eating you up?
55:10>> I'm not a bad person man.
55:13I just
55:14>> Do you
55:15Do you feel
55:17if you could have taken all this back
55:22That shows me you have a you have a
55:24heart man.
55:25>> I'm sorry.
55:27>> You have a heart.
55:28>> She was supposed to be the mother of my
55:30kid man.
55:32And I don't I don't even like hitting
55:34women you know.
55:36I I it just
55:38>> And you've wanted a kid. You wanted a
55:39family.
55:41And she was a good girl, but she just
55:43didn't want that life.
55:48>> I thought I thought I
55:52I said enough, man. Enough.
55:55>> Did you know you your phone
55:58was out there?
55:59>> No.
56:00>> I'm I'm almost certain it's your phone.
56:03You said you lost your phone a couple
56:05days ago.
56:05>> Yeah.
56:08I mean like
56:10so like out of it. I didn't know.
56:16I didn't know.
56:17>> Did Did you remember Did you see Julia
56:19drop her off?
56:20>> No.
56:21>> Okay. But you were Were you already at
56:23the house? Is that why you said the 1000
56:25Capital?
56:26>> Yes.
56:27>> Okay. How long have you known that guy
56:29at the house at Capital?
56:30>> Like a year, two years.
56:34Is that enough?
56:39Can I go to jail now, man?
56:42Please.
56:46>> You got any questions for me?
56:51I really like to know where that gun is.
56:54>> I don't know. I threw it away.
56:56>> What kind of gun is this?
56:59>> Some type
57:01like a Glock.
57:02>> Okay, Glock. And now I know if you know
57:05guns and you know how to manipulate
57:06them, you know the caliber.
57:08What kind of caliber are we talking?
57:11>> I don't know.
57:13>> Okay.
57:22So she never saw this coming.
57:25Is what you're saying?
57:31>> I don't honestly I didn't either. It's
57:33not like I planned it.
57:34>> Okay, it was just
57:36>> spontaneous.
57:37>> After that convo at the park
57:39>> It was so spontaneous, you know, like
57:42I thought
57:44man, I'm a there's going to be another
57:45chick that's going to kill my seed.
57:48You know, like
57:53>> How many times has this happened, you
57:54said? Like where girls have
57:56>> numerous.
57:57>> Numerous.
57:59And and from the info that I've
58:01gathered, you guys were tight. You guys
58:03were
58:04>> She was just acting like she didn't want
58:05to just
58:07>> But she did do she had this like side
58:09thing going on where she did set up guys
58:12from what I understand.
58:16>> That's why like at the same time I was
58:18still worried. I thought that's why she
58:20didn't want like have my kid cuz she
58:22wanted to save me. She wanted to, you
58:24know.
58:25>> Yeah.
58:30>> I was just a [ __ ] That's how I look at
58:32it, man.
58:33>> Well
58:35>> I'm just a
58:35>> What you just did, that takes that takes
58:38a lot of guts.
58:41And I respect that. I respect you
58:45talking to me man to man.
58:47And look at me.
58:49I really do.
58:50>> You know, I do.
58:52>> Her family deserves it if anything.
58:54>> You're right.
58:55>> I know she wasn't close
58:56>> Cuz that was supposed to be my family,
58:57too.
58:57>> She wasn't close with her dad. Did she
58:59ever talk about her dad?
59:02>> No.
59:03>> She ever talk about her kid?
59:06>> Yeah.
59:07>> Yeah.
59:08>> That was supposed to be me, too.
59:16>> After after this, after all this
59:18happened
59:23What did you ever Did you see anything
59:25on the news? Did hear anything about
59:28this food?
59:29>> How
59:29>> I don't have a TV. I don't really go in
59:31the streets like that.
59:44>> Did you tell anybody?
59:46I had the
59:47It's the way that it talked to me. It
59:49was eating you up. Did you talk to
59:50anybody?
59:54Does it feel better?
59:56>> No.
59:57>> To at least say
59:59>> No.
1:00:00>> Get it off your chest.
1:00:01>> No.
1:00:02>> You've got remorse.
1:00:05Is that remorse?
1:00:07>> Oh my god.
1:00:10I'm just saying no because it won't
1:00:12bring her back.
1:00:16I really wanted to love and care for
1:00:18her, man. She didn't want to have a baby
1:00:20with me.
1:00:22I wanted to take care of her,
1:00:25but as hard as I could and as hard as I
1:00:27tried, I couldn't.
1:00:29And then maybe that's why.
1:00:33>> Do you rem- do you remember how long you
1:00:34guys talked at the park?
1:00:35>> No.
1:00:37>> Do you remember the time you guys met at
1:00:40the park?
1:00:42>> No, I don't remember.
1:00:44I don't know.
1:00:46Can I go now, please?
1:00:47>> I just You said that she had a purse.
1:00:51>> I don't know, man. I don't [ __ ] know.
1:00:56All right.
1:00:57Can I please go now?
1:00:58>> Let me Let me work with you a little
1:01:00bit.
1:01:00>> Like like like like like, please, man.
1:01:04>> Just hang on a bit. We're going to go
1:01:05get the the warrant.
1:01:07Detective Warren, I want to give you my
1:01:09card, okay?
1:01:11I'm going to give you my card.
1:01:14Just hang on a bit.
1:01:20>> Following the interrogation, the case
1:01:21against Adam Byrd moved forward through
1:01:23Bexar County Court, but it never went
1:01:25before a jury.
1:01:27Instead, Byrd resolved the charges
1:01:28through a plea agreement. On March 24th,
1:01:312025,
1:01:33he appeared before Judge Christine Del
1:01:34Prado in the 227th Criminal District
1:01:38Court.
1:01:39Byrd pleaded no contest, and the court
1:01:41found him guilty in the murder of Jade
1:01:42Alyssa Alvarez, along with two
1:01:45aggravated robbery charges in a separate
1:01:47controlled substance case.
1:01:49For Jade's murder, Byrd was sentenced to
1:01:5140 years in prison.
1:01:53He also received 15 years for each
1:01:54aggravated robbery count, and 2 years
1:01:57for the drug possession case.
1:01:59All of those sentences were ordered to
1:02:01run at the same time, meaning the
1:02:0240-year murder sentence became the
1:02:04controlling term.
1:02:06During sentencing, Jade's grandmother,
1:02:07Rita Camacho, addressed the court and
1:02:09made it clear that the family did not
1:02:11believe the punishment matched what had
1:02:12been taken from them.
1:02:14Jade was only 22 years old. She left
1:02:16behind family, friends, and a young son
1:02:19who would grow up without her.
1:02:21Byrd is now in the custody of the Texas
1:02:23Department of Criminal Justice at the
1:02:24John B. Connally Unit. His parole
1:02:27eligibility date is listed as April
1:02:2912th, 2043, with a projected release
1:02:32date of April 12th, 2063.
1:02:35For Jade's family, the court case ended
1:02:37with the sentence.
1:02:38But the loss at the center of it did
1:02:40not.
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